This is the story of our client, Michael, who went from facing assault charges, prison time, and losing his son, to freedom and self-employment.
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Read how moving forward, we have realized a need for indigent defense culture change, and our new strategic plan highlights how we plan to make change. We’re finally ready to grow again. If you’re able this year-end, please join us by donating again. Thank you!
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Last week, some very important pieces were published highlighting the injustices happening every day inside Harris County Jail.
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Final installment in our series giving a sneak preview of the program for our Healing Injustice conference on Oct. 28-29! Click to read a brief summary of where we’re headed with Holistic Defense, and we will see you at the conference! In Freedom’s name!
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Part 2 of a 3 part series as a sneak preview of the program for our Healing Injustice conference on Oct. 28-29! Click to read a brief summary of why Holistic Defense matters, and come back next week for a “Where are we Headed” post!
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Part 1 of a 3 part series as a sneak preview of the program for our Healing Injustice conference on Oct. 28-29! Click to read a brief summary of what is Holistic Defense, and come back next week for “Why It Matters” and in 2 weeks for “Where are we Headed” posts!
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Let us keep Brittney in our daily prayers as well as on our timelines…. Let us not let her story fade into the background, only to look up nine years from now, after a broken system breaks another of our sisters… Let us continue to say her name and fight for her every day until she is home safe.
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Would you miss your son’s sixteenth birthday? For my friend Iris this was almost his reality…click to hear more.
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Justice is about making people whole again, and the system of mass incarceration does exactly the opposite by not just failing to give people what they need, but actually forcing those most in need to suffer historically egregious human rights abuses every single day countless times in every city in our country. We can do better.” - Drew Willey, CEO of Restoring Justice
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Hello! My name is Shelby Boyer and this summer I am a legal intern at Restoring Justice, a non-profit organization in Houston providing holistic representation and focused on ending mass incarceration. I want you to know why this is important to me, explained below, and that I will be asking you to donate to support my work.
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Ask anyone who knows Willie Rae Fleming on a personal level, and they’d speak to how honorable and full of integrity he is.
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This moment is historic for many reasons. Newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson from Washington, D.C., has just been confirmed the 116th justice of the high court. This appointment will make her the first African American woman to serve in the 233 years of Supreme Court history.
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